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Alexander's new pastry venture to open in MV Oct. 16

Original post made by Max Hauser, Old Mountain View, on Sep 22, 2014

Alexander's Patisserie, now under construction at 209 Castro St. in downtown MV, is scheduled to open Thursday October 16, according to a press release.

This is a new pastry venture, by the owners of the Alexander's Asian-fusion steakhouses (Cupertino and SF) and The Sea in Palo Alto. Plan is to "make bread in-house" for the other Alexander's restaurants, sell wholesale to other restaurants, and offer "traditional and modern European patisserie and bakery" to the public along with coffee drinks "designed especially for Alexander’s Patisserie by Equator Coffee."

"Led by Executive Pastry Chef Dries Delanghe, Alexander’s Patisserie will offer an extensive selection of savory and sweet treats including breads, gourmet sandwiches, cakes, tarts, cookies, macaroons, chocolates and confections. Each indulgence is made in-house with the highest quality ingredients and our assortment and flavors will rotate to highlight the best of the season."

Chef Delanghe, whose training and early career were in Belgium, has also worked in Paris and as Pastry Sous-Chef at Joël Robuchon Restaurant in Las Vegas.

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Posted by Max Hauser
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Oct 17, 2014 at 4:27 pm

Max Hauser is a registered user.

After advance publicity, the new pastry operation of the Alexander's Steakhouse restaurant group opened yesterday at 209 Castro. I was there yesterday and today. So far, the bakery (visible through a window inside) makes a limited selection of products: sandwich macarons in many flavors, tarts with fancy dessert-cream fillings, and croissants, along with coffee and espresso drinks. The macarons have been relatively available, but the other items are selling out soon after they're made -- so if you don't want to be disappointed, I suggest waiting at least a few days for the operation to gain momentum. It's opening at 6AM daily, making various batches during the day.

This is an upscale wholesale pastry bakery (patisserie) also selling retail, with a few tables for on-site consumption. Prices I've seen so far are a bit lower than at downtown Los Altos's Voyageur du Temps, a competing operation. The Alexander's group began as the Asian-influenced Alexander's Steakhouse in 2005 (Holbrook's original 2005 review, linked below, explains the origin with founding manager J. C. "Alexander" Chen). In 2010 a second steakhouse opened in SF, and in 2012 "The Sea" opened in Palo Alto.

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